St. Paul: No charges in case of baby in car while mother was in bar

A 23-year-old woman, arrested after police said she left her baby in the car while drinking in a St. Paul bar, was released from jail for insufficient evidence to prosecute, according to the Ramsey County jail.

The Ramsey County attorney's office declined to file charges because prosecutors didn't believe they could prove a felony or gross misdemeanor beyond a reasonable doubt, according to Dennis Gerhardstein, office spokesman.

The St. Paul city attorney's office also declined to charge. That office doesn't have jurisdiction to charge child neglect/endangerment cases, and the evidence didn't support any other misdemeanor, said Laura Pietan, deputy city attorney for the criminal division.